Neuro Tutor
Post-clinical neurology tutoring
The tutor now answers like consult rounds and then self-audits the reasoning: syndrome grammar, localization hierarchy, mechanism, alternatives, decisive next data, and the one finding that should overturn the current frame.
Teaching frame
Default depth after core bedside training: localization hierarchy, mechanism, and discriminating data.
The answer and rubric audit appear in the Tutor response panel below.
Reasoning standard
What the tutor now checks explicitly
- Force syndrome formulation before naming a lesion or disease.
- Rank localization layers instead of jumping to one label too early.
- Explain what additional data would most efficiently change the differential.
- State what finding would most change the localization if the current answer is wrong.
- Return a rubric-based self-audit instead of leaving the grading implicit.
Shared reasoning rubric
Grade the answer step by step
Syndrome formulation
Name the bedside pattern before jumping to a lesion label or etiology.
- • What exactly is failing
- • What is preserved
- • Whether the complaint is cortical, subcortical, peripheral, or network-level
Localization hierarchy
Rank the strongest anatomical levels instead of pretending the first idea is final.
- • Best-fit level first
- • Why deeper or more lateral alternatives are weaker
- • Loop versus output failure when relevant
Mechanism and circuit logic
Tie the syndrome to a tract, loop, relay, or physiological mechanism rather than to a memorized buzzword.
- • Named tract or circuit
- • Why the signs fit that circuit
- • How physiology produces the bedside pattern
Competing alternative
Make the best rival explanation explicit and explain why it loses.
- • A serious alternative, not a straw man
- • Decisive mismatch with the observed signs
- • Use of negative findings
Highest-yield next data
Ask for the one test, exam maneuver, or temporal clue that most efficiently re-ranks the case.
- • One decisive next step
- • Why it matters
- • How it would change the differential
What would change my mind
State the single finding that would force a different localization or mechanism.
- • A concrete disconfirming finding
- • A new localization if that finding appears
- • Humility about uncertainty without becoming vague
Module handoff
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Tutor response
Answer and score
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